13 Key Acquisitions Pinnacle Has Made In The First Half Of 2014

Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings has successfully acquired Performance Ag Services, a South Dakota-based ag retailer that provides crop protection chemicals to area growers.

In the 55th year of the program, 53 college students are exploring career opportunities as GROWMARK summer interns.

Jamey Grafing, an experienced agribusiness finance leader, has been named to the new position of Vice President and Corporate Treasurer for CHS Inc.

Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings has successfully acquired certain assets of Texas-based United Agricultural Cooperative, Inc.

Headquartered in Beattie, KS, Frontier Chemical will operate as part of Pinnacle’s Providence Agriculture brand.

CHS has signed an agreement with Sinav Ltd. to acquire 100% of the company’s stock, which includes Illinois River Energy, a 133-million-gallon-per-year ethanol plant at Rochelle, IL.

The new warehouse in Hamberg, ND, will primarily serve farmer-owners of Fessenden Cooperative Association retail business, and CHS will also serve its nearby wholesale customers from this location.

Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings has successfully acquired Harvey’s Agricultural Solutions and 3-D Agronomy.

The new 10,400-square-foot center in Frederick, SD; features a 60,000-gallon liquid fertilizer plant and a state-of-the-industry seed treating system.

River Country Cooperative, an ag retailer based in South St. Paul, MN, and CHS Inc, have completed their study of a formal business merger between the two and will move the process forward.

David Cramer was recognized for his 30-year anniversary, as leader of the Beaver Dam, WI-based cooperative, at a recent meeting in Juneau, WI.

By investing in training and recruitment, MFA is banking on well-trained and well-rounded employees to sustain it for the next 100 years.

Pinnacle Agriculture completed a busy acquisition month with the purchase of Arkansas-based Rupert Crafton Commission Co.

East Bernard Milling — Pinnacle’s sixth retail location in southeast Texas — will operate as part of the Sanders brand.

Located in Copeland, KS, Max Birney will operate as part of Pinnacle’s AgOne Application Services brand.

The Agribusiness Friendliness Index, a new study undertaken at Colorado State University, ranks the top states for agricultural inputs.

Under the agreement, 16 Agrium retail agronomy locations in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan become part of the Country Operations division of CHS.

Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings has announced the successful acquisition of three retailer operations: New Era Ag, Studer Fertilizer and Whittington-Sanders.